SAIL supplies 20K tonnes steel to LMRC

The Steel Authority of India has supplied steel for Lucknow Metro Rail Project, whose first phase was inaugurated today.

SAIL has supplied around 20,000 tonnes of steel for the 8.5 km long priority stretch of the North-South Corridor of Lucknow Metro Rail which will operate in between Transport Nagar and Lucknow Charbagh Railway station.

SAIL has supplied reinforcement bars, structural steel and plates for this stretch and is ready to supply for the remaining stretch. SAIL has supplied more than 1.5 lakh tonnes of steel for India's different metro construction projects including the upcoming metro projects.

Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation (LMRC) project is presently in two phases, of which the Phase I comprises of 22.8 km long North-South Corridor and an 11 Kms long Phase II forming the East-West Corridor.